10 Wrestling Careers That Were Revived by TNA

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#8 Gail Kim

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Queen of the Knockout's

Gail Kim debuted for WWE on RAW in 2003 and won the WWE Women's Championship in her debut match. Seemed like a very promising start, however she would only hold it for one month and after a misguided heel turn, she faded into the background, showing up on RAW just every now and then.

Gail was released from her WWE contract in 2004, just days after she had a meeting with WWE officials about doing something worthwhile with the Diva's division. That goes to show the mentality each had with women's wrestling at the time. WWE were barely ready for highly skilled women's wrestlers like her.

She signed with TNA Wrestling in 2005, as a manager for Jeff Jarrett and America's Most Wanted. She would also compete in feuds with Mrs. Brooks and Jackie Moore in 2007 until the inception of the Knockout's Championship at the 2007 Bound For Glory. Gail became the inaugural Knockout's Champion when she won a battle royal to determine the first Champion. She would then participate in the greatest feud in Knockout's history, with Awesome Kong.

Gail had much of the best women's matches in history, with just about every knockout to ever compete for Impact Wrestling. Gail Kim holds the record for most reigns as Knockout Champion with seven, and also held the Knockout's Tag Team Championship. Gail was rightfully inducted into the TNA Hall of Fame in 2016, the first women to have done so.

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